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Employee Killed in Crane Accident at Jackson Construction Company
Jackson, Missouri Matthew J. Pooker, Age 29. The Jackson Police Department and Jackson Fire and Rescue responded to a deadly accident at 7:30 a.m. Monday at the Penzel Construction Company. The police department says workers at the company were making repairs to a crane when on of them became trapped Read More
Three Hurt, Two Accidents, One Scene
Worker touches power line, falls from crane prior to rear-end crash. Two close calls occurred within minutes of each other on Highway 75 near LaPlatte, Nebraska Sunday morning. A worker was on top of a crane to check the clearance of the power lines when he came too close to Read More
Trailer Carrying Boom Lift Crashes
Australia A 13 tonne trailer carrying a self-propelled boom lift overturned as the towing vehicle, reportedly a dump truck, took a corner too fast in the town of Plenty, Victoria – North East of Melbourne in Australia. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, fortunately no one was injured, although traffic Read More
Auckland Motorway Reopened After Crash
New Zealand A section of Auckland’s Northwestern motorway has reopened after a bridge was hit by the boom of a crane being transported on a truck. Two city-bound lanes of the motorway were closed for about two-and-a-half hours after the crash at the Royal Road overbridge early this afternoon. NZTA Read More
Crane Crash Scare for Ghatkopar Hospital Patients
Mumbai, India The boom of a 400-tonne crane being used for work on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro line, veered off the truck carrier it was mounted on, and crashed on a portion of the Sarvodaya Hospital at Ghatkopar on Wednesday morning. Fortunately, patients were shifted out of that section s few Read More
Crane Falls at Metro Site, Contractor Simplex to be Fined
India Simplex Tower Crane Accident in September 2010 Simplex Crane Accident in August 2010 Leaves One Dead After five accidents, including one death, the MMRDA has decided to come down heavily on contractor Simplex Infrastructure for negligence. After two accidents in the past on the Lalbaug flyover, which was constructed by Read More
Rough Terrain Crane Collapse in Missouri
St Louis, Missouri Two men were injured last week when a Rough Terrain crane went over on a hospital job in Creve Coeur, St Louis, Missouri. Local reports claim that the operator was preparing to move the crane, which was working on a new cooling plant upgrade at the hospital, Read More
Crane Fatality in Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin A man died on Friday after he was pinned under a crawler crane boom that gave way as it was being unloaded on Highway 41 near Green Bay, Wisconsin. The state police and Wisconsin Department of Transportation are investigating the incident along with OSHA. While it is Read More
Liverpool Chandlers Wharf Crane Collapse: Construction Firms in Court
Liverpool, UK Original Story More than 100 people had to be moved from their homes following the incident Two construction companies have denied breaching health and safety laws in connection with the collapse of a crane in Liverpool that left a man paralysed. The 200-tonne crane toppled on to an Read More
Bridge Bashing with a Boom Lift
Lincoln, Rhode Island The boom of a self-propelled lift being transported on a flat-bed truck struck a bridge in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Friday, causing the superstructure to shear off and fall onto a passing pick-up truck. The lift was travelling on route 146 and struck the I-295 overpass when Read More
Crane Collapses in Stratford
Stratford, Connecticut One person was injured when a crane toppled in Stratford on Saturday. The incident was reported in the area of East Main Street in Stratford just before 9 a.m. Police said the crane fell onto its side, and smashed through a building near a marina. The person spotting the Read More
Top Story
The recent boom collapse in Manhattan, New York resulted in the death of Michael Simermeyer. Ironically, the same building inspector, Patrick McGarrigle, on site who failed to check a cable involved in the accident was also connected with an fatal crane accident in 2008.